Now that the 15th general elections are underway in India, the big question in everybody’s mind is who is going to win? Will one party take it all or will there be no clear winner, which means a coalition government or a political patchwork quilt at the center? To form the next government, either [...]
Kamla's Blog posts on ‘Life’
By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 24th, 2009 • Category: Bangalore, Bombay/Mumbai, Ideas, India, Life
By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 22nd, 2009 • Category: India, Life
Who knew that when Munthadar al-Zaidi ,the Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the visiting American President he would be unleashing a new fad around the world. Last year al-Zaidi famously threw his shoes at President George W. Bush, who deftly ignored the whizzing footwear not once, but twice. al-Zaidi was instantly wrestled to the ground [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 28th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, India, Life, Video, Web 2.0, YouTube Videos
Change is in the air in India as the country gears itself for its general elecions and a new government that will be formed in June. Many political observers and pundits are busy underscoring the fact that is India’s first digital elections. Well, in a way it is. In the previous elections held in 2004 [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 13th, 2009 • Category: India, Life, YouTube Videos
Change is in the air? Has Obama’s infectious election theme of “change” crossed the seven seas and influenced India politicians? Is change in the air in India? You would think so if you read about the birth of a new political party or should I say the birth of a hastily cobbled [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Aug 20th, 2008 • Category: Diaspora, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, India, Infrastructure, Internet and Telecom, Interviews, Life, Mobile, People, Start-ups
We have a nice mix of interviews that spans life, people and ideas. Murli Wanchoo is a retired Indian government official, who lives in Silicon Valley and he looks back at India in the early days. Then we have Anusuya Devi (88), who is known as the “Queen of Folk Music” of Andhra Pradesh. Age [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Aug 4th, 2008 • Category: Diaspora, Entrepreneur Interviews, Events, Ideas, India, Life, People, Podcast, San Francisco, Start-ups, Technology, Video, Web 2.0, YouTube Videos
Here is the line-up for this week’s interview.
A 2-part interview with Murugan Pal of CK-12, a non-profit organization in the education field. CK-12 is co-founded by Neeru Khosla and Murugan and they are working on providing innovative technical solution for high-school students and teachers. Murugan has an interesting background. Prior to working with CK-12 he [...]